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Webster 1913 Edition


Wheeler

Wheel′er

,
Noun.
1.
One who wheels, or turns.
2.
A maker of wheels; a wheelwright.
[Obs.]
3.
A wheel horse. See under
Wheel
.
4.
(Naut.)
A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; – used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler.
5.
A worker on sewed muslin.
[Eng.]
6.
(Zool.)
The European goatsucker.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Wheeler

WHEELER

,
Noun.
A maker of wheels.

Definition 2024


Wheeler

Wheeler

See also: wheeler

English

Proper noun

Wheeler

  1. An English surname., derived from the trade name wheeler

wheeler

wheeler

See also: Wheeler

English

Noun

wheeler (plural wheelers)

  1. (obsolete) A wheelwright, a wheelmaker.
  2. Someone who operates a wheel.
  3. (archaic) A wheel horse.
  4. (used in combination with a preceding whole number) A vehicle having the specified number of wheels.
    • 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Greek Interpreter:
      "Excellent," said Sherlock Holmes. "Send the boy for a four-wheeler, and we shall be off at once."

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